Second, I have the attention span of a gnat, so I am the last person who should be developing anything.

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"Someone once said Dan has the attention span of a gnat, " says Edward Eskandarian, chief executive of Arnold Communications, the Boston agency known for its clever Volkswagen ads, acquired by Snyder in March 1998.

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The White House's recent dismissal of the Venezuelan dictator as a "gnat" is exactly the right approach.

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Does the image of using a howitzer to kill a gnat come to mind?

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Once derided by critics as an example of society's increasingly gnat-like attention span, the site's 140-character limit has in many cases inspired users to be as witty, insightful or informative as they can be in as few words as possible.

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